Report: Bills “fully expect” to sign Mario Williams, Robert Meachem

The Bills planned to make a big splash in free agency. If they get their way, they’ll do a Ted Washington cannonball from the high dive.

Joe Buscaglia of WGR 550 in Buffalo reports that the Bills “fully expect” to sign Texans defensive end Mario Williams and Saints receiver Robert Meachem within the next 24 hours.

Williams, the first overall pick in the 2006 draft, would be the biggest free agent since Reggie White, but for the presence of Peyton Manning on the market. Choosing Buffalo would breathe life and legitimacy into a franchise that long has been ignored.

Meachem, who started slowly in New Orleans after joining the team via round one of the 2007 draft, would be paired with Stevie Johnson, giving quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick another weapon.

maaaaaan it must really suck in Buffalo if you can be offered to be the highest paid player in the league on your side of the ball and you still tell them you’re gonna think about it! HAHA!

I think the Bills are prepped for a huge year without Mario Williams or Meachem assuming they’ll be healthier than last year. Adding these two will make them a solid contender. I’ve never been to Buffalo but seriously, how bad can it be that you would actually turn that down?

The Bills have been the “Ugly Girl” of the NFL for more than a decade. The media paints the city as a Siberian wasteland when in reality, the weather isn’t much worse than Cleveland or Boston. They call them cheap, which is a fair assessment. But if these signings take place, and add the Stevie Johnson signing. It is a HUGE step toward reviving the name of a team with a hungry fan base. It puts them in the news, and it sends a message that Siberia isn’t so bad. Sure they will have to overpay to make it happen, but that’s OK they have been saving money for 10 years.

As a Browns fan, it’s hard to toe the “build through the draft” party line when teams like Buffalo in comparable markets go off in free agency. After 20+ years of hearing Cleveland is too cold a destination for free agents…Buffalo??

The psychology of teams in the AFL East appears fragile. That’s what happens when one team dominates a division for ten years and looks to dominate for another five.

Miami has an owner that has fallen in love with Peyton Manning and gave away the team’s best (or second best) offensive player to make the Dolphins more attractive to the free agent quarterback. The New York Jets have guaranteed more contracts than AIG while extending a coddled quarterback they nicknamed “Sanchize”. Now, the Bills are “breathing life” into the franchise by breaking the bank in free agency.

What will the Patriots possibly do to compete? They will sign some relatively inexpensive free agents that want to play in New England and maybe spend a little more on a key position or two. Then they will do what they always do, draft a plethora of players with the extra picks they have stockpiled.

congrats buffalo….hope springs eternal…but I’m still feeling pretty good about being a Pats fan. Brandon Lloyd coming aboard, an add at RB if BLGE leaves, 2 firsts and 2 seconds again this year…oh yeah….and Brady and BB.

Nice to see you improving, but I’ll stick with tacking another 5 years of AFC East dominance on to the decade plus we’ve already had.

Dude, whoever mentioned Merriman, bad form. A line consisting of Williams, Williams, Dareus, Kelsay and a potential 1st round pick is damn scary if you ask me. We will have depth too, Spencer Johnson is no slouch, same with Alex Carrington. Lets just hope Shep can develop at stuffing the run, and maybe, just maybe, we can sign Landry. Thats a pretty formidable interior D. And, whats great, is all this team really needs is a single Big splash in FA to make it over the hump, the Bills aren’t built like the Eagles, Cowboys, ‘Skins, or Raiders. They have a lot of youthful, homegrown talent, along with the necessary FA Veterans.

Gonna be a serious defense to reckon with. Guess they liked the Giants formula for closing out the Pats. Brady is gonna so banged up by the time the playoffs come, the whole league owes the Bills a thank you.

When was the last time a team made these kind of huge free agent moves and was one of the last 2 teams standing at the end of the year? Buffalo fans should think about getting their team to 8-8 before worrying about anything else.

As a Jets fan I’m excited about these moves. The better our rivals are, the better we need to be to beat them. I’d rather see my team trying to be excellent than winning a weak division and finding ourselves overmatched in the playoffs.

Can they hold the Super Bowl parade early? I’m thinking tomorrow sounds about right. The Bills haven’t even signed Mario yet and you’d think it was a done deal if you read their fans reactions right here.

Listen here Bills fans, I’m a Raiders fan, and just because Al Davis said his 2010 team (and his 2009 team, and his 2008 team, and his 2007 team, etc) was going to win the Super Bowl, doesn’t mean it’d happen. He also compared Jason Campbell to Jim Plunkett. In my neck of the woods, assumptions are not fact. The Bills may “fully expect” Williams to sign but he’ll seriously think twice. He can make big money elsewhere with a better shot to win titles.

can we at least wait until the contracts are actually signed before all you bills fans get all pumped up? and for the record as a patriots fan even if you were to get mario williams the bills still don’t scare me

bucrightoff says:
Mar 13, 2012 9:11 PM
Awesome, lets hope Buffalo can do what the Jets couldn’t: Take New England down

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You mean like go to new England and beat them in a playoff game like the Sanchez and jets did a little while ago. I’m happy for the bills and Thier fans.. The jets used to be the team that never made the playoffs and couldn’t sign any stars I know how you guys feel. Just relax.. Because in what was supposedly a disastrous 8 and 8 season the jets still swept the bills pretty easily.